great sorrow the family announces that it has accepted the military's decision in determining that hatar was killed during nighting in rafah. the family thanks all the people of israel and announces that the date of the funeral will be announced later. relaying the request of the family to all of israel and whoever can come and accompany hafa the hero on his final journey. >>> kim vinnell is in west jerusalem and has been following developments. >> the israeli military confirming that it believed the lieutenant was killed in action in gaza on friday. he's been posthumously promoted to the rank of lieutenant. the israeli military is reporting that it made the decision based on all medical evidence. israeli media is reporting that forensic evidence was involved, was part of the consideration. some israeli analysts are predicting that this could reduce the pressure on prime minister binyamin netanyahu to keep ground troops in israel. there had been some suggestion that perhaps israeli ground forces were preparing to withdraw from the gaza strip , but in a statement on saturday night, prime